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>> yeah. >> robin likes us. i came into it because my faith, my belief, kind of pushed me that direction. but in retrospect i would go all the way back saying i'd do it for love. because this is something that's come together out of love. >> aww! >> aw, shucks. >> so sweet. >> reporter: mary, janelle, and christine all live in one big house with their kids. robin, the newest wife, lives in a smaller house nearby. in all, there are 16 kids. >> she's a sister from the same mister, and he's a brother from another mother. >> somebody referred to us as polyg-lets. >> that's how most of us are known is plygs, polygamists. >> reporter: whether you think the browns' lifestyle is right or wrong, it is undeniably challenging. there's the challenge of supporting a huge family on just three incomes. cody and two of the wives work. and then there are the interpersonal logistics. cody sleeps in a different wife's bed every night. you must at times feel torn in four different directions. >> once in a while i give a piece of my
>> yeah. >> robin likes us. i came into it because my faith, my belief, kind of pushed me that direction. but in retrospect i would go all the way back saying i'd do it for love. because this is something that's come together out of love. >> aww! >> aw, shucks. >> so sweet. >> reporter: mary, janelle, and christine all live in one big house with their kids. robin, the newest wife, lives in a smaller house nearby. in all, there are 16 kids. >> she's a...
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some say they even use racist language. brian ross investigates. >> received august 7th at 8:10 p.m. >> what's up [ bleep ]? tell me, how do you stop two [ bleep ] kids from jumping on top of your bed? stick velcro on the ceiling. >> reporter: after bank of america reported 26-year-old allen jones had an overdue credit card bill of $81, its debt collectors went on the attack with a series of obscene, racist messages left on his phone. >> hi, y'all, my name is jamal smith and i'm looking for some watermelons. i'm also interested in a couple of slaves. maybe you can go ahead and pick some of my cotton fields. go ahead and give me a call to lick my [ bleep ]. >> reporter: jones, a clothing salesman in dallas, says the debt collector's calls continue even after he told them his bank of america account was up to date. >> i checked with my bank, went online, please stop calling my phone. by that time the representative acted like we can call you as many times as we want. >> reporter: and the calls continued. each incredibly more
some say they even use racist language. brian ross investigates. >> received august 7th at 8:10 p.m. >> what's up [ bleep ]? tell me, how do you stop two [ bleep ] kids from jumping on top of your bed? stick velcro on the ceiling. >> reporter: after bank of america reported 26-year-old allen jones had an overdue credit card bill of $81, its debt collectors went on the attack with a series of obscene, racist messages left on his phone. >> hi, y'all, my name is jamal smith...
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and check out what this iraqi first lieutenant admitted to us. with the american combat troops leaving can the iraqi army keep the peace here? "to be honest," he says, "we need a couple more years." t minus three days until the end of combat and i'm out on the streets of baghdad. to be fair, it's glaringly obvious that iraqi troops who have been in charge here for months are doing a pretty good job keeping the peace. now families are out having ice cream and fancy new restaurants are opening up. although they will pat you down for weapons before you can get a table. yet so many of the iraqis we meet are deeply, darkly pessimistic. including this off-duty cop. even though you are a police officer, you don't think the iraqi forces can keep this country safe without the americans here anymore? >> yes, i don't think so. we don't have enough weapons, we are not ready for this mission. >> reporter: we're frequently asked by complete strangers if we can help them leave this country and come to america. why do you want to leave here? >> it's no good. >>
and check out what this iraqi first lieutenant admitted to us. with the american combat troops leaving can the iraqi army keep the peace here? "to be honest," he says, "we need a couple more years." t minus three days until the end of combat and i'm out on the streets of baghdad. to be fair, it's glaringly obvious that iraqi troops who have been in charge here for months are doing a pretty good job keeping the peace. now families are out having ice cream and fancy new...
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winick is joining us from atlantic beach this morning. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you both. even with a category 2 hurricane you're still talking about winds up to 110 miles per hour and we're certainly getting some of the outer bands of that right now. the real concern right here in north carolina at this point is storm surge. what, with the waves behind me and the flooding that can cause. despite mandatory evacuations in three coastal counties down here, officials can't force people out of their homes. so many have chosen to ride this one out. a state of emergency has been declared at this point in four states -- north carolina, virginia, maryland, and massachusetts. and certainly that should help getting those necessary resources to where they need to go as soon as the storm blows out to sea. now right now the storm is on a path to cape cod, massachusetts, with 500,000 simple residents. even though a hurricane hitting the northeast is a once in a generation event, emergency officials up there promise
winick is joining us from atlantic beach this morning. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you both. even with a category 2 hurricane you're still talking about winds up to 110 miles per hour and we're certainly getting some of the outer bands of that right now. the real concern right here in north carolina at this point is storm surge. what, with the waves behind me and the flooding that can cause. despite mandatory evacuations in three coastal counties down...
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he uses color to express emotion or metaphor. the red here, for example, representing the supernatural. these ideas led, in part, to the expressionism of his quarrelsome friend, vincent van gogh. and the dream-inspired art of the surrealists some 30 years later. which is all very good. why put on the exhibition at this moment? it is simply a case of gauguin's turn. maybe there's a need for a blockbuster. or is there more to this decision? >> gauguin is very relevant to us today because of the way he explored through his life and art alternatives to what he rejects in terms of civilization, capitalism. he is drawing away from that, as well as knowing that his art depends on it. so he's fully aware of all the contradictions that we are conscious of today. >> reporter: for all his personal shortcomings -- and there were many -- gauguin was a brilliant colorist. something that is difficult to fully appreciate until a roomful of evidence had been placed before your eyes. will gompertz, bbc news. >> apparently there's one more piece we
he uses color to express emotion or metaphor. the red here, for example, representing the supernatural. these ideas led, in part, to the expressionism of his quarrelsome friend, vincent van gogh. and the dream-inspired art of the surrealists some 30 years later. which is all very good. why put on the exhibition at this moment? it is simply a case of gauguin's turn. maybe there's a need for a blockbuster. or is there more to this decision? >> gauguin is very relevant to us today because of...
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i won't use the other word for drunk. my boy had a few too many in eastern china and passed out for five hours in the bathroom, fell through a crack in the bathroom, wasn't discovered until the next morning when they heard screaming. it's where all the human goodness goes. so that is where he spent five hours, passed out drunk. the next morning, heard screaming. that's how people got him out. >> i'm surprised it's a news story. doesn't what happen a lot? >> come on, everyone remembers college. that was kind of crazy. >> barbie are making a new barbie that you and i are going to like. >> really? >> it's like a journalist barbie. >> look at that vinita there. >> you can see she's got a flair for journalism and power pink. a news camera and a microphone. this got us thinking what would ours look like? >> there you are. >> what do you look like? i'm just growing. >> wait a minute. barbie's hungry. >> wait a minute. barbie's hungry. >> there you are wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen-- pat sajak and vanna white! than
i won't use the other word for drunk. my boy had a few too many in eastern china and passed out for five hours in the bathroom, fell through a crack in the bathroom, wasn't discovered until the next morning when they heard screaming. it's where all the human goodness goes. so that is where he spent five hours, passed out drunk. the next morning, heard screaming. that's how people got him out. >> i'm surprised it's a news story. doesn't what happen a lot? >> come on, everyone...
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not that thing behind us. we're real. what's realer than that? >> we'll be back with more real after this. >>> disney's epscott stheem park holds a place in the childhood memories of so many. it was designed as the city of tomorrow that would never be completed. >> that holds true today as epcot turns 28 years old this week. from the "abc news vault," epon the the company's opening way back on october 21st, 1982. >> reporter: with an 18-story spaceship at its entrance, epcot is a $1 billion gamble that disney can still work its former magic. but this time, the company is going after a different audience. adults. the 260-acre theme park combines a look into the future and a visit to nine countries. sort of a permanent world's fair. epcot is only a monorail ride from the magic kingdom. but here, make-believe is out, education is in. nowhere is there a single pair of mouse ears. this is adult fare. fancy shops, restaurants, and a disney first, alcoholic beverages. >> we realize that a lot of people are driving right by us right now because they thin
not that thing behind us. we're real. what's realer than that? >> we'll be back with more real after this. >>> disney's epscott stheem park holds a place in the childhood memories of so many. it was designed as the city of tomorrow that would never be completed. >> that holds true today as epcot turns 28 years old this week. from the "abc news vault," epon the the company's opening way back on october 21st, 1982. >> reporter: with an 18-story spaceship at...
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the number of us holding college degrees is up. students say they're staying in school, hoping to ride out the recession. >> two years out, three years out from when i last searched, maybe that job market has opened up a little bit. >> reporter: perhaps most telling, this. more americans rely on food stamps than ever before. more than 11 million people. one in every ten families. people like clyde harden. he spoke to us by skype from georgia. he lost his job a year ago. >> i worked all my life. and now i can't do anything for my family. >> reporter: harden has two daughters. >> you don't know what it's like now. to just sit there and say, i'm sorry, we can't afford it. i'm sorry, i can't buy the school pictures because i don't have money. you don't know what it's like to tell a little girl that. >> reporter: those pictures, a portrait of a family praying next year might be a little better. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> certainly very sobering study. >> no kidding. how the recession kind of has all these ripple effects thro
the number of us holding college degrees is up. students say they're staying in school, hoping to ride out the recession. >> two years out, three years out from when i last searched, maybe that job market has opened up a little bit. >> reporter: perhaps most telling, this. more americans rely on food stamps than ever before. more than 11 million people. one in every ten families. people like clyde harden. he spoke to us by skype from georgia. he lost his job a year ago. >> i...
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this was us. we had it wrapped up. >> reporter: this mobster turned minister has come back to brooklyn on a mission from god to pay a jailhouse visit to his mafia boss father in an effort to save his soul from hell. and that would be no small feat. because sonny franzese is a living legend of the cosa nostra. fbi wire taps have captured this underboss of the colombos bragging about the dozens of men he's killed and describing his favorite way to dispose of bodies, using knives, a kiddie pool, and a trash compactor. in 1970 sonny franzese got a 50-year sentence for masterminding a string of bank robberies, a crime michael insists he didn't commit. it was then, on another prison visit, that michael offered to take up the family business. it's no coincidence there's a character named after him in the movie "goodfellas." because by the early '80s he and his crew had established a mythical reputation among new york's five families. >> i'm not going to lie to you. when i was in that life -- you know, pe
this was us. we had it wrapped up. >> reporter: this mobster turned minister has come back to brooklyn on a mission from god to pay a jailhouse visit to his mafia boss father in an effort to save his soul from hell. and that would be no small feat. because sonny franzese is a living legend of the cosa nostra. fbi wire taps have captured this underboss of the colombos bragging about the dozens of men he's killed and describing his favorite way to dispose of bodies, using knives, a kiddie...
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time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a liquid gel. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. >>> here are some stories to watch today on abc news. secretary of state hillary clinton hopes to negotiate key obstacles in today's mideast peace talks. she says the time is right for palestinian and israeli leaders to agree upon a permanent peace plan. >>> president obama delivers his back to school address today in philadelphia. that address will be heard in schools nationwide. >>> and on asian currency markets this morning the dollar hit a 15-year low against the japanese yen. the dollar did retreat after early trading. >>> and finally from us this half hour, a look inside the pope's library. it was founded way back in the 1450s with just a few hundred latin articles. >> today it is home to some of the world's rarest books, including the oldest known complete bible. here's the bbc's duncan kennedy. >> reporter: in the shadow of st. peter's basilica
time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a liquid gel. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. >>> here are some stories to watch today on abc news. secretary of state hillary clinton hopes to negotiate key obstacles in today's mideast peace talks. she says the time is right for palestinian and israeli leaders to agree upon a permanent peace plan. >>> president obama...
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we use peanut oil as the great flavor. you want to get it cooked at this point. >> i like that nice sizzle as soon as you put it in there. >> you want to prefry it three-quarters of the way so it's just about cooked through. just a few minutes. it's really thin. >> the cool thing about your kitchen, they actually have water running all below this so any grease that comes down is immediately wicked away which saves your husband or yourself from doing the cleaning. >> exactly. we'll put that aside. we're going to prefry an egg. what's better than fried eggs? let that cook a little bit more. >> okay. >> the garlic and the chilies. we dump those right in. >> i'm nervous i'm going to lose a hand right here. >> go ahead. and the secret here is you don't want to burn them but you want to get some color. you almost want to smell the fragrance of it. we're going to add the onions in. turn the heat up a little bit. and basically just throw everything else in at this point. except for the basil. throw the mushrooms in there. we're go
we use peanut oil as the great flavor. you want to get it cooked at this point. >> i like that nice sizzle as soon as you put it in there. >> you want to prefry it three-quarters of the way so it's just about cooked through. just a few minutes. it's really thin. >> the cool thing about your kitchen, they actually have water running all below this so any grease that comes down is immediately wicked away which saves your husband or yourself from doing the cleaning. >>...
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lightning hit an office building that used to be a church. the powerful bolt sent the steeple crashing through the roof. it slammed into a woman's desk just moments after she got up to attend a meeting. just look at all that damage. thankfully no one was hurt. >> very lucky. >>> now here is a look at your thursday forecast. 70-mile-an-hour winds and hail from minnesota to kansas. up to 4 inches of rain and flooding from the dakotas to green bay. showers in south florida, new orleans, houston, san antonio. thunderstorms from southern arizona to west texas. >> cooler in the pacific northwest. 59 in seattle. 65 in portland. phoenix hits 95. boise 75. meanwhile, 78 in omaha. 88 in chicago. 91 in indianapolis. upper 80s from baltimore down to miami. >>> it was the king of all sales after new orleans snapped >> we told you yesterday how the bakers in the big easy were hoping to make the biggest king cake ever. well, they did it and their king cake circled the superdome twice. there were actually two cakes ocf1 3 pwh gol hono rours e teew o in case
lightning hit an office building that used to be a church. the powerful bolt sent the steeple crashing through the roof. it slammed into a woman's desk just moments after she got up to attend a meeting. just look at all that damage. thankfully no one was hurt. >> very lucky. >>> now here is a look at your thursday forecast. 70-mile-an-hour winds and hail from minnesota to kansas. up to 4 inches of rain and flooding from the dakotas to green bay. showers in south florida, new...
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the police came and knocked on the door and told us we cannot leave the building until they tell us to. >> reporter: on the streets of silver spring, the scene grew frantic. fearing lee might detonate his bombs, police cleared the streets for two blocks around the huge discovery building. in the end lee was the only casualty. his hostages and the 1,900 other people who worked in the building escaped uninjured. with regard to these explosive devices, we understand that lee was suspected to have several strapped to his body, as well as carrying three other packages with him into the building. now, i've been told by sources that three packages were brought out of the building and were disrupted by the bomb squad. but that does not mean their work here is done. we are told it's going to be hours still before this building back here, a block and a half behind me down georgia avenue, is declared completely safe. and that means downtown silver spring is going to be tied up for quite some time. in silver spring, brad bell, abc 7 news. >> a really bizarre story there, really amazing. the impres
the police came and knocked on the door and told us we cannot leave the building until they tell us to. >> reporter: on the streets of silver spring, the scene grew frantic. fearing lee might detonate his bombs, police cleared the streets for two blocks around the huge discovery building. in the end lee was the only casualty. his hostages and the 1,900 other people who worked in the building escaped uninjured. with regard to these explosive devices, we understand that lee was suspected to...
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get ready to meet a bra that can also be used as a face mask. this has been created by a ukrainian scientist. take a look at the woman. like i said, the bra, basically that's what it looks like, you can take the two cups and use one as a face mask. i know this sounds absolutely ridiculous. but they're actually saying in a really -- emergency situation, say if there's something harmful airborne, a woman if she's in this situation could immediately unsnap and in case you're wondering it doesn't matter what the cup size is. >> really? >> adjustable to give the same level of protection. and they are cheap. so that is sort of the newest victoria's secrets trend we might be seeing, the bra/face mask. >> let me understand, if there's an emergency and this woman has a bra on, she can take it off and then cover her face in the event of a nuclear attack, your bra could save your life? that's the gist? really? oh, all right, all right. we'll keep with the highbrow theme now. apparently, moving here from louisiana, a lot of crocodiles down there, and alliga
get ready to meet a bra that can also be used as a face mask. this has been created by a ukrainian scientist. take a look at the woman. like i said, the bra, basically that's what it looks like, you can take the two cups and use one as a face mask. i know this sounds absolutely ridiculous. but they're actually saying in a really -- emergency situation, say if there's something harmful airborne, a woman if she's in this situation could immediately unsnap and in case you're wondering it doesn't...
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winick is joining us from washington with the latest. dmo.j.port mor,ra as the countdown to 9/11 rat now one of america's top military men is asking for before the rhetoric makes things worse, much worse. secretary of state hillary clinton has now joined the growing chorus of those warning against a planned koran burning this september 11l >> i am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from american religious leaders of all faiths. >> reporter: a day after a protest in kabul against the planned book burning, general david petraeus implored the 50-member dove world outreach center in gainesville, florida, to call off the event, saying it would only benefit extremists. >> they would use them to inflame public opinion and to incite violence against our soldiers and civilians. >> reporter: despite the plea, pastor terry jones told "nightline" anchor terry moran, he plans to go through with the demonstration. >> the question that we have is if we don't do it, when do we stop backi
winick is joining us from washington with the latest. dmo.j.port mor,ra as the countdown to 9/11 rat now one of america's top military men is asking for before the rhetoric makes things worse, much worse. secretary of state hillary clinton has now joined the growing chorus of those warning against a planned koran burning this september 11l >> i am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from american religious leaders of all...
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stay with us. hó after using roe for a while, i went to my stylist and she said hair was growing back... i was like, yes, this works... [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. [ male announcer ] stop losing. start gaining. n honking. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. a short time ago, this woman suffered from around his house. these people chose freedom over restrictions. independence over limitations. they chose mobility. they chosehe scooter store. and this is the team of mobility experts who made it all happen. ii great news, you've been approved for payment. dr. cruz, i'm calling on behalf ofmarie stanford. and they can make it happen for you. hi, i'm doug harrison, if you're living with limited mobility, call the scooter store today. i promise, no other company will work harder to make you mobile or do more to ensure your total satisfaction. i expected they'd help me file some paperwork with medicare and my insurance. i neve
stay with us. hó after using roe for a while, i went to my stylist and she said hair was growing back... i was like, yes, this works... [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. [ male announcer ] stop losing. start gaining. n honking. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. a short time ago, this woman suffered from around his house. these people chose freedom over restrictions. independence over limitations. they chose mobility....